Brief Life History of Elijah Melvin
When Elijah Melvin Matthews was born on 13 July 1868, in Lookingglass, Douglas, Oregon, United States, his father, Albert Atwater Matthews, was 45 and his mother, Barbary Alice Van Buskirk Whisler, was 26. He married Estelle Caroline Inman on 28 November 1895, in Douglas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Leland, Josephine, Oregon, United States in 1900. He died on 13 March 1942, in Lookingglass, Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lookingglass Community Cemetery, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Elijah M Mathews, "United States Census, 1940"
- E. M. Matthews, "Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935"
- ELIJAH M. MATTHEWS, "BillionGraves Index"
Spouse and Children
1868–1942 Male
1876–1959 Female
Children (1)
1896–1975 Male
Parents and Siblings
1822–1900 Male
1842–1927 Female
Siblings (5)
1860–1901 Male
1862–1908 Male
1864–1883 Male
1865–1948 Male
1868–1942 Male
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
Age 12
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 22
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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